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Intermediate Activities: General Aircraft

1.	Name the three areas of American aviation:
	1. 2. 3.

2.	The minority of general aviation aircraft are airplanes. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

3.	These airplanes are usually larger than commercial airplanes (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

4.	General Aviation now includes about ____% of all aircraft in the United states (Check the correct answer.)
	50% 65% 80%

5.	Who were the "Flying Gipsies" or "Barnstormers"? (Check the correct answer.)
	Flying farmers Military airmen Barn singers

6.	Hundreds of planes were released after World War I. One in particular was named: (Check the correct answer.)
	Joan Jenny Jill

7.	Ex-military airmen traveled across America giving thousands their first airplane ride. (Check the correct answer.)
	True. False

8.	After many accidents and deaths people became fearful of flying for many years. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

9.	In what year did the Maycock Flyers begin the first non-scheduled flying service? (Check the correct answer.)
	1918 1919 1920

10.	Due to hundreds of business owners, the need for aircraft services grew quickly. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

11.	Select services that were available for a fee: (Check the correct answer.)
	a. Aerial photography b. Advertising c. Surveying d. All of the above e. a and b only

12.	Who was Jack Savage? (Check the correct answer.)
	A skywriter A skydiver A skijumper

13.	Politicians, reporters and photographers used Jack Savage's services (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

14.	Name three companies that owned their own airplane. (Check the correct answer.)
	and ,

15.	Huge amounts of time and energy are waisted by the use of airplanes (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

16.	To this day new uses for general aircraft are still being discovered. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

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